“No,” she said. “You don’t know everything.”
She reached into her coat and pulled out a small phone.
“He didn’t push you because of the insurance money alone.”
I felt my stomach tighten.
“What else was there?”
Ashley unlocked the phone.
“He discovered something about you.”
She handed it to me.
There was a video.
I pressed play.
Michael appeared on the screen, sitting behind his desk.
His voice was cold.
“If she dies, everything becomes mine.”
I watched silently.
Then another voice came through the recording.
Ashley’s voice.
“But what if she finds out?”
Michael leaned toward the camera.
“She won’t.”
The video ended.
I looked at Ashley.
“What was I supposed to find out?”
She swallowed.
“Michael had been stealing from your company for years.”
I froze.
The company my father had left me.
The company Michael had convinced me to let him help manage.
